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First of the year Apr 16, 2024 19:18:09 GMT -5 QuailRiver, NDK, and 19 more like this

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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 16, 2024 19:18:09 GMT -5

Got a few done today. I had planned to cab all last week, but family stuff got in the way. Sorry about the quickie pics. I'm pressed for time. Also, please excuse my nails. I see by the pictures, I need to clean them better.

First off Rhodonite from Idaho. Not as nice as I thought it would be, but unusual. This is the least attractive of the ones I have. Much better in person, but nothing to write home about. This is what the seller said:

Idaho Rhodonite from a very obscure and old-time location South of New Meadows in Adams County, Idaho dug over 50 to 70 years ago! Highly stable, hard lapidary material that takes an exceptional polish and looks great considering the high contrast of beautiful, true pink on black! Extraordinarily difficult material to acquire! Locale has been known and worked since the 1940s and depleted from public acquisition over 40 years ago.

Next some awesome Jamesite jamesp sent me some a long time back and it just made it to my queue. Gorgeous stuff! I got lucky- no air bubbles.

A little smidge of a freeform. I love this stuff too much to let a little broken piece go.

Another broken smidge, another favorite- Sonora sunrise.

An unknown- likely jasper with some hematite that doesn't show well in the picture. It has a reflection across it, too. Really pretty in person.

Royal Aztec Lace- I love shapes with corners.

MHPJ. It has a very shallow hairline. I need to put it in the ultrasonic cleaner. Too bad this stuff is so damn fractured, but when you spends 100s of thousands of years in a quake zone- ya get what ya get.

Lastly, a gorgeous moss/plume that has a name, but I have forgotten it. Bad picture. Much nicer in person.

If you think my nails are too ridiculous to cab, you should see my thumb nails. They always get a hair shorter when I cab. LOL!

Thanks for looking and if you know what that plume/moss is let me know.

johnthor1963 starting to spend too much on rocks Cattle dogs rock Member since June 2023 Posts: 236	First of the year Apr 16, 2024 20:39:18 GMT -5 via mobile rockjunquie, jasoninsd, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by johnthor1963 on Apr 16, 2024 20:39:18 GMT -5 Wow you smoked those even with dirty nails. Love them. Fantastic. Thx for sharing

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First of the year Apr 16, 2024 20:48:23 GMT -5 rockjunquie, jasoninsd, and 1 more like this

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Apr 16, 2024 20:45:07 GMT -5 pebblesky said:

They are gorgeous, but where is your thumb???

The only thumb Tela needs is the one to the top right

Lovely work as usual Tela, you certainly like your variety.

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First of the year Apr 16, 2024 20:50:04 GMT -5 rockjunquie and dshanpnw like this

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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 16, 2024 20:50:04 GMT -5

Gorgeous!! (I'm referring to the cabs...not your nails! LOL)

My favorite-ist out of the batch is that last one. The colors and tones make me wanna say Agua Nueva. The purple hues to the fortification...and the yellow tones to the moss are quite common with Agua Nueva...

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First of the year Apr 16, 2024 20:57:51 GMT -5 jasoninsd likes this

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Apr 16, 2024 20:50:04 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

Gorgeous!! (I'm referring to the cabs...not your nails! LOL)

My favorite-ist out of the batch is that last one. The colors and tones make me wanna say Agua Nueva. The purple hues to the fortification...and the yellow tones to the moss are quite common with Agua Nueva...

Thanks, now that you mention it- that could be it.

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First of the year Apr 17, 2024 6:33:15 GMT -5 rockjunquie, dshanpnw, and 1 more like this

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Post by liveoak on Apr 17, 2024 6:33:15 GMT -5

Love them all - and enjoyed oohing and ahhing over them.

My fav is the Sonora Sunrise - what a great pattern,

and the Royal Aztec Lace is framed perfectly !

I'm looking forward to seeing your wrap on the Jimite.

Colors are like a clown fish.

Thanks for the show

I guess if it's the first of the year, there must be more to come

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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,974	First of the year Apr 17, 2024 6:43:29 GMT -5 liveoak likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Apr 17, 2024 6:43:29 GMT -5 Thanks Patty! I left Gene out on the table, so I can get an earlier start today... if I make it. I'm pretty sore.

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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,974	First of the year Apr 17, 2024 7:09:25 GMT -5 jasoninsd and liveoak like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Apr 17, 2024 7:09:25 GMT -5 Apr 17, 2024 6:52:26 GMT -5 liveoak said: You could always take a day break in between-it is supposed to be fun Patty We'll see. I have new ones dopped calling my name...

dshanpnw fully equipped rock polisher Member since December 2020 Posts: 1,158	First of the year Apr 17, 2024 7:44:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dshanpnw on Apr 17, 2024 7:44:18 GMT -5 Very nice cabs. The rhodonite and jasper with hematite are interesting. I love the shape of the Jamesite, and great save on the rhodochrosite. The orbs on the MHPJ are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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First of the year Apr 17, 2024 8:36:10 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Thank you for sharing! I absolutely love the color palette of the Sonora sunrise. 🤌

Also love the hematitic jasper that followed it - would love to see the shimmer as it turned in person. And like Jason said, the probablamente agua nueva is fantastic.

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First of the year Apr 17, 2024 9:03:56 GMT -5

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Post by rockbrain on Apr 17, 2024 9:03:56 GMT -5

Some beautiful cabs that I'm sure will turn into beautiful wraps! The jasper with hematite always seems to be tough to get a good pic of. The rhodochrosite certainly doesn't look like a free form. I picked up a little bit of that pink goodness at a sale this weekend and I'm anxious to get a chance to work it.

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First of the year Apr 17, 2024 9:15:52 GMT -5

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Apr 17, 2024 7:44:18 GMT -5 dshanpnw said:

Very nice cabs. The rhodonite and jasper with hematite are interesting. I love the shape of the Jamesite, and great save on the rhodochrosite. The orbs on the MHPJ are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much! The Jamesite was fun. DH says it looks like something fro a cartoon with all the colors.

Apr 17, 2024 8:36:10 GMT -5 iamchris said:

Thank you for sharing! I absolutely love the color palette of the Sonora sunrise. 🤌

Also love the hematitic jasper that followed it - would love to see the shimmer as it turned in person. And like Jason said, the probablamente agua nueva is fantastic.

Thanks, Chris! The hematite in that one almost looks plumey. Very cool. Lots of depth. I love that it's red and orange.

Apr 17, 2024 9:03:56 GMT -5 rockbrain said:

Some beautiful cabs that I'm sure will turn into beautiful wraps! The jasper with hematite always seems to be tough to get a good pic of. The rhodochrosite certainly doesn't look like a free form. I picked up a little bit of that pink goodness at a sale this weekend and I'm anxious to get a chance to work it.

I got lucky with that rhodochrosite piece. I just had to follow the pattern. You'll love cabbing it. It is in my top 5 for cabbing material. It's hella soft, but polishes like a dream. This one I took to 14k, but I usually go to 50 or 100.

Thanks!

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miket misunderstood rock expert Member since April 2018 Posts: 11,239	First of the year Apr 17, 2024 14:33:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by miket on Apr 17, 2024 14:33:10 GMT -5 All beautiful but I like the Sonora best. Nice work!
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First of the year Apr 17, 2024 15:04:05 GMT -5 miket and roQhound like this

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Apr 17, 2024 14:07:29 GMT -5 roQhound said:

These are fantastic. I really like that Sonora sunrise and the Morgan Hill PJ. That rhodonite is different, but pretty cool.

Well, coming from RTH's latest master, that means a lot.

Thanks !

Apr 17, 2024 14:33:10 GMT -5 miket said:

All beautiful but I like the Sonora best.
Nice work!

Thank you, my friend.

I like the sonora, too. Now, I just need to find that slab....

lapidary1234 spending too much on rocks "If you like rocks you can't be all bad!!" ~ old timer quote Member since October 2021 Posts: 293	First of the year Apr 23, 2024 15:48:26 GMT -5 rockjunquie and miket like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lapidary1234 on Apr 23, 2024 15:48:26 GMT -5 I just cut a cab of similar material. Mine was labeled "Texas moss agate". Could be right, could be wrong...thats what the old timer had penciled on the slab. Beautiful material either way!